Every day is one step closer to reality

After leaving Yangcheng, Fengyi took a plane to Haicheng, and his destination was the Haicheng Branch of the UN Security Bureau.

That is the designated registration location for the python hunting team, and you need to sign in there within the specified time.

Feng Yi is one of the earlier batch. The other candidates are very busy, especially those who are doing research. They have projects in hand and are busy day and night. They have to rush to work for the python hunting event in Florida. Unlike Feng Yi who is still busy now. Relatively laid back.

I checked my identity at the Haicheng Branch of the Joint Security Bureau, signed in, and went to the training base with my identity card.

The training place is far away from the city center and is no longer within the city circle. The place is relatively large. After all, as a place for practical training, there must be some dangerous creatures in it.

Such as crocodiles.

Such as the venomous snake python.

In this season, the average temperature in Haicheng in the past week has been below ten degrees, much lower than that in Yangcheng. Snakes in the wild have already entered a dormant state.

However, here at the training base, all training is done indoors this season, and the indoor temperature is almost constant.

Feng Yi had already seen several warning signs while checking in at the training base. Different areas had different signs. For example, in the area Feng Yi was about to go to, there was a snake on the warning sign.

These warning signs tell people who come here not to be overly curious and not to run around at will. Some areas are uninvited, and dangerous areas are closed to unauthorized persons.

Feng Yi didn't have much curiosity. When he walked in, the various smells told him too much information. Some smells were not so good and made him sneeze several times.

The aunt who checked him in said a few words of concern when she saw this, and told Fengyi the location of the pharmacy and clinic.

"Generally, here, ordinary minor injuries and illnesses can be solved in the clinic, but if it is..."

The aunt who checked in looked at Feng Yi's ID card. The classification of the training area displayed on it was [Crawling Class], and she understood that Feng Yi was among the group participating in the Florida python hunting event.

"If you are bitten, small non-venomous wounds can be treated at the clinic. Bites from highly venomous snakes or large pythons, oh, plus crocodiles, wounds caused by such animals, well, there is an ambulance waiting over there. Stay." The aunt raised her hand and pointed somewhere.

Feng Yi looked in the direction she pointed.

There is a large parking lot in the distance for ambulances. Parked there was an extremely stressful array of ambulances.

"So many?" Feng Yi was surprised. This seems too exaggerated.

The aunt in charge of handling the formalities gave Feng Yi a meaningful look and said calmly, "You must understand the exploratory spirit of researchers."

The word "exploration" has an accent.

Feng Yi fell silent.

Indeed, many times, when researchers see a goal that satisfies them, they can't help but do something beyond reason.

Feng Yi thought of the time when he caught pythons at the resort, and the expert who was invited to catch the snakes had teeth marks all over his body.

After completing the formalities and not rushing, Feng Yi went to the dormitory and took a detour to the parking lot to take a look.

Those ambulances are donated by some organizations or private companies, and the ambulances carry various logos or words belonging to the donors.

The billboard standing next to it made Feng Yi understand that these ambulances do not always park here. Some of them will set off with the outbound teams. The configuration and facilities inside are different from the ambulances seen outside and are targeted. , uniformly deployed by the administrative office of the Joint Security Bureau.

For example, if a team goes to Haicheng or somewhere nearby to look for venomous snakes, the team's ambulance will definitely be equipped with antivenom and related drugs.

However, not every city has this configuration. In places with more difficult conditions, even if there is a local training base of the Joint Security Bureau, there may not be so many ambulances, and they may not be able to keep up.

Feng Yi took a quick look and went to find the dormitory.

Allocated is a suite for 4 people, each with a single bedroom and an office area in the bedroom.

The place is small but fully equipped.

After entering the house and taking a quick look, there were not many daily necessities placed in the common areas, living room, kitchen, etc. It was hard to tell how many people had already moved in, but Feng Yi could tell from the smell information that three other people had already arrived, and two of them had recently arrived. Come here, the other one has been here longer.

After making the bed and sitting down to rest, Feng Yi sent Steve a message saying that he had arrived at the training base.

Steve is also a member of this team, but he is not at the training base, but is already preparing in Florida.

Steve will video come over soon.

It's 12 noon here in Feng Yi, and it's 12 midnight there. There's a time difference between the two sides. Feng Yi originally thought that Steve, who was far away in Virginia, had fallen asleep at this time, but he didn't expect that he was still active.

Steve looked quite energetic.

"Already arrived at the training base? I have just come back and followed them to catch alligators. A research team here will investigate the number and living conditions of alligators in the swamp every once in a while. It's not complicated. Catch it, drag it onto the boat, record the data, mark it, and put it back. None of the ones caught today are big. There was a slightly larger one that I didn’t catch, but it was only three meters long.”

"'Only' three meters?" Feng Yi didn't know what to say.

Crocodiles are not elongated like snakes.

The same three meters, a three-meter crocodile has a much greater visual impact than a three-meter snake!

To exaggerate, it is like the contrast between rope and bricks.

But Steve doesn’t think he’s wrong. Although most crocodiles in the swamp are about one or two meters long, but...

"There is a bigger alligator here at the research center, called 'Alligator', which is almost five meters tall. You can see it when you come over. This alligator was rescued from the mouth of the python by a retired researcher at the research center. Yes, it has been raised in the research center for many years. It is almost free in normal times and it does not run far. Recently, due to the python hunting activities, there are so many people coming and going, so the research center put up a net to separate it. I took a lot of photos today!"

As he spoke, Steve's expression gradually became crazy, "It's so charming!"

Feng Yi: "..."

It’s hard to imagine how the ferocious face of the prehistoric beast could make Steve and others so fascinated that they couldn’t stop?

However, the person who shouts "big baby" to the ruthless killer python cannot be considered an ordinary person.

Used to it.

Speaking of crocodiles, Steve shared his experiences in the swamp with Feng Yi.

There are American crocodiles and river crocodiles over there in Florida.

When they say "crocodile" over there, they mean American crocodile. When I say "alligator", I mean the crocodile.

This is generally not said in China.

There are two kinds of alligators in the genus Alligator. One is the Miguchi crocodile that Steve saw in Florida, and the other is the alligator, a first-level protected animal in China.

In China, most of the population has only two types of crocodiles, one is the alligator and the other is other crocodiles.

When Steve was telling "A few things about me and alligators", Feng Yi heard dozens of exaggerated adjectives in less than half an hour.

After finishing the narration, Steve sighed again, "In the Everglades, compared with the alligators at the visitor center that are as strong as armored vehicles, these ones that are almost in the wild are so thin that it makes people feel distressed!"

Why thin?

Because there is less food!

Why is there so little food?

Because the python robbed it!

During the abnormal climate period, a large number of American crocodiles and alligators in Virginia froze to death. During that period, their old rivals in the Everglades, the pythons, also did not fare well.

When the abnormal weather period ends, before the crocodiles can regain their glory, pythons rise first, snatching their food, their territory, and eating their cubs!

That's why some people say that alligators in the Florida Everglades are starving to death.

Forced by a python.

In Florida, alligators and alligator nests are protected, while pythons such as Burmese pythons there are considered hazardous invasive species.

After experiencing a climate anomaly, the pythons in the Everglades gave birth to more powerful offspring through hybridization and genetic mutation, posing a greater threat to the ecology of the swamp and being classified as a "scourge".

Before the abnormal climate period, pythons in Florida could be hunted directly. That is to say, now that there are protection laws, the Bureau of Protection is watching, and the python hunters are asking to catch them alive as much as possible.

"There are so many pythons here now. I went out today and saw several of them, but they were not big and it was not convenient to catch them at that time."

Steve sighed with emotion, changed his words, and said: "You will start training soon, which is some theoretical knowledge, pay attention to key points, etc., and then if you have some weaknesses, you can strengthen training at the training base. This is also a good idea for you. During the observation period, if you are not suitable during the observation period, you will be directly advised to return. It is mainly some preliminary work, and it won’t take more than a few days of training if it doesn’t matter much.”

Feng Yi listened to him and waited for his next words. Steve came here specifically to videotape, and it was definitely not just to tell a few things about the crocodile.

Sure enough, Feng Yi soon heard Steve say:

"There is another matter of forming a team. Feng Yi, how about we form a team? My target this time is a large python, so I will go deep into the swamp to look for it. What do you think?"

During that time with the Nan Chong scientific expedition team, Steve knew that Feng Yi could find snakes faster than some veterans. Later, he learned about Feng Yi's capture of pythons at the resort, and he started to think about it.

Feng Yi thought for a while, and the team would definitely not allow him to act alone. If he was looking for someone to form a team, he would find a teammate who he knew, was capable, and had a certain understanding of the local area. If everyone has the same goal, it would be fine to form a team.

Feng Yi's target is also a large python. The big python gets more points and money, so he won't compete with others for the small python.

"Okay. By the way, I heard that there will be a live broadcast of this python hunting event?" Feng Yi asked.

"I know about the live broadcast, but that has nothing to do with us. The live broadcast team can't keep up with our speed!" Steve said proudly.

It wasn't his fault. Those carrying cameras just couldn't keep up with his pace of catching snakes. There were certain restrictions on drone shooting, but Steve didn't care.

After discussing with Feng Yi how to fill out the team application, Steve was satisfied and looked forward to the python hunting event in January.

This time is different from the Nan Chong scientific examination. The scientific examination not only valued the results, but also the process, and would teach some people in the process.

But this time when hunting pythons, it’s all about the results.

Activities that only look at results have different requirements.

Before disconnecting the call, Steve was still saying: "For those of us who target giant pythons, one person can catch a python over four meters tall. Our combat effectiveness is calculated as '1 python'. For others, two people can catch it." Anyone who cannot control a python and whose personal combat power is less than 0.5 python is a scumbag!"

Feng Yi stared blankly at the phone screen where the call had ended.

My combat power is only 1 python?